INSTITUT FÜR PHILOSOPHIE

Recent publications (selection)

Unterhuber, M. / Schurz, G.: "The New Tweety Puzzle: Arguments against Monistic Bayesian Approaches in Epistemology and Cognitive Science", Synthese 190, 2013, 1407-1435, online: DOI 10.1007/s11229-012-0159-y.

Unterhuber, M.: Possible Worlds Semantics for Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals? A Formal Philosophical Inquiry into Chellas-Segerberg Semantics. Ontos Verlag (Logos Series), Frankfurt 2013.

Gebharter, A.: "Solving the flagpole problem". Journal for General Philosophy of Science. Retrieved March 18, 2013, from DOI: 10.1007/s10838-013-9208-6.

Gebharter, A., & Kaiser M. I. (forthcoming): "Causal graphs and biological mechanisms". In: M. I. Kaiser, O. Scholz,D. Plenge, & A. Hüttemann (Eds.), Explanation in the special science: The case of biology and history. Springer

Gebharter, A. /Schurz, G.: "For a Better Understanding of Causality", Metascience, Vol. 1/3, 2012, 643-648.

Schurz, G and Thorn, P. D.: "Reward versus Risk in Uncertain Inference: Theorems and Simulations", Review of Symbolic Logic 5/4, 2012, 574-612 (DOI: 10.1017/S1755020312000184).

Schurz, G.: "Meta-Induction in Epistemic Networks and Social Spread of Knowledge", Episteme 9(2), 2012, 151-170.

Thorn, P. D., and Schurz, G. "Meta-Induction and the Wisdom of Crowds", Analyse and Kritik, 34 (2), 2012.

Thorn, P. D. "Two Problems of Direct Inference", Erkenntnis, 76 (3), 2012.

Votsis, I. / Schurz, G.: "A Frame-Theoretic Analysis of Two Rival Conceptions of Heat", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 43(1), 2012, 105-114.

Reutlinger, A., Schurz, G. and Hüttemann, A.: "Ceteris Paribus Laws", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), plato.stanford.edu/entries/ceteris-paribus.

Schurz, G.: Evolution in Natur und Kultur. Eine Einführung in die verallgemeinerte Evolutionstheorie, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011.

Schurz, G.: "Truth-conduciveness as the primary epistemic justification of normative systems of reasoning", Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34, 2011, 266-267.

Schurz, G.: "Combinations and Completeness Transfer for Modal Quantificational Logics", Logic Journal of the IGPL 19/4, 2011, 598-616 (DOI 10.1093/jigpal/jzp085).

Thorn, P. D. "Undercutting defeat via reference properties of differing arity", Analysis, Vol. 71 (4), 2011.

Kuipers, T. / Schurz, G.: "Belief Revision Aiming at Truth Approximation", Erkenntnis 75, 2011  (guest-edited vol-ume).

"Interview with Gerhard Schurz", The Reasoner, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2011, 160-165.

master´s thesis / dissertation

Christian, A.: Wissenschaft und Pseudowissenschaft - Ein Beitrag zum Demarkationsproblem. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2013. [master´s thesis]

Rosner, M.: Theorien zur Gestaltung der modernen Organisation - Eine interdisziplinäre Perspektive. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011. [master´s thesis]

Paulßen, J.: Das Problem der Kurvenanpassung - Das Balancieren der Ansprüche der Einfachheit und der Genauigkeit. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011. [dissertation]

Ballhausen, W.: Technikphilosophische Aspekte der Automatisierungstechnik. Peter Lang, Frankurt am Main 2010. [dissertation]